Most of you are familiar with what the media calls the "cyberwar" in Iran. I prefer the term "information war", but who am I to tell the media how to sell more papers?



From what I can tell, people in Iran have been getting through their government's internet filtering by twittering through Tor (using the same methods I outlined in the previous post). At least, that's the communication that gets the most press coverage. If not for the… Continue

I spent some time in SecondLife last night going to Australian sims, talking to Australians about an impending ban of SecondLife in Australia. From what I gather, the bill in question still has to be voted on. Australians seem split as to if it will pass or not, and even if the bill does pass if it will be applied to… Continue

Censorship has been in the news constantly for the past month. Most people haven't noticed it because it has been happening on an international scale, not here in the US. China, Australia,… Continue

Semiotic Disease is something I thought of when I was reading William Gibson's short story "The Gernsback Continuum". It's been so long I don't remember if Gibson actually used the phrase "semiotic disease", but it seems to describe what the main character in the story goes through, as he is so infected with pop culture he starts to hallucinate.



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